Abu Baraa al-Turkestani

Cevat Saygi (12 August 1981-7 October 2015), also known as Abu Baraa el-Turkestani, was a member of the Islamic State.

Biography
Cevat Saygi was born on 12 August 1981 in Kashi/Kaxgar, Xinjiang, China to a family of Sunni Muslim Uyghurs. Saygi became a worker at a jade market in Kashi, and he was radicalized at a mosque in Kashi by Uyghur clerics fighting for the independence of Turkestan from China. He became a member of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), helping in the manufacturing of bombs and the coordination of terrorist attacks. In 2014, he traveled to Syria and joined the Islamic State when they called on all Muslims to immigrate to their lands and help them in their cause. He used the name "Abu Baraa al-Turkestani", and he became the leader of a unit of Turkestani jihadists during the Syrian Civil War. Abu Baraa was killed on 7 October 2015 when the Russian Navy launched 25 cruise missiles against Islamic State targets in Syria from the Caspian Sea.